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NWFL Boss Congratulates Victorious Falconets, Lauds Falcons - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2019
The Chairperson of the Nigeria WomenFootball League (NWFL), Aisha Falode, has congratulated the Nigeria’s U-20Super Falconets, for winning the gold medal in the Women’s Soccer of theAfrican Games just concluded in Morocco.
Falode on behalf of NWFL board,commended the players and officials, who were 100 per cent products of the NWFLfor doing the country proud.
Falode, a member of the NigeriaFootball Federation, gave plaudits to the Nigeria senior women’s nationalsoccer team, the Super Falcons.
she said they have moved a stepfurther in the country’s quest to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Women’s Footballevent, as the wholly home-grown team defeated Algeria 2-0 on their home soil inBlida.
she expressed confidence that theFalcons’ readiness to record a 100 per cent victory against the Algerians, willmove the Nigerian girls closer to the qualification for next year’s Japan 2020Olympic Games.


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NWFL Demand Share Of FIFA’S $.19m Largesse To Clubs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 19, 2020
The board of the Nigeria WomenFootball League has demanded to be paid a percentage of the FIFA largesse toNigerian clubs whose players were paraded at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
According to the league’s operatingofficer, Ayo Abdulraham, the women league deserves to be recognized and givenits due, saying there is no player on the Super Falcons team to the 2019 FIFAWomen’s World Cup in France that did not play in the local league at one timeor the other.
He added that the increased standardof the local league has amplified the chances of the Nigeria national teams torecord success in international competitions.

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NYCN Tasks Govts, Stakeholders On Youth Involvement In Food Transformation Systems - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 13, 2021
Still on youth matters, The National Youth Council of Nigeria NYCN, in Kogi has urged government at all levels and relevant stakeholders to ensure youth involvement and engagement in the transformation of food systems in Nigeria.
The NYCN Chairman Ogohi Usman made the called while addressing Newsmen in Lokoja, to mark the 2021 International Youth Day IYD.
Usman stressed that population health was also relevant in addressing food systems challenges, especially as nutrition-related chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and some forms of cancer were major contributors to the global burden of disease.
He added there was also the risk of zoonotic diseases that can result from unsustainable farming practices and the climate crisis, which had been even more evident during the pandemic that had highlighted those with such chronic diseases which are at a higher risk for negative outcomes He advised the State Government and other relevant ministries and agencies to leverage and follow up with the recommendations from the arrangement of Food and Agriculture Organization FAO and the Major Group for Children and Youth

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Nyesome Wike Appoints Hon. Chidi Amadi As Chief Of Staff - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2024
Hon. Amadi is vastly experienced in public service, he has held a number of political positions including the PDP Chairman of Obio /Akpor Local Government Area and Chief of Staff to the Governor of Rivers State.
As Chief of Staff, Hon Amadi plays a vital role in complimenting the FCT Minister in the preparation and execution of policies and programs for the advancement and development agenda of the Federal Capital Territory and shall provide strategic guidance as well as to ensure the seamless functioning of the Minister’s office.
Mr. Amadi will be sworn into office on Monday 18th of March, 2024.

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NYG: Lagos Darts Coach Promises To Win Medals - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2021
Bisiliu told Newsmen in an interview that with hard work, players in his team are set to pick enough medals at the competition.
The 2021 National Youth Games billed for Ilorin, Kwara, is the 6th National Youths Game.
It is scheduled to take place from October 10, to 19 2021 at the Sports Complex of the University of Ilorin.
Team Delta hauled 104 medals comprising 41 gold, 32 silver and 31 bronze medals.
The 2019 edition win meant that Delta had won all five editions of the game since its inception in 2013.
Akwa Ibom placed fourth on the table with 41 medals comprising 16 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals and Edo placed 5th on the medals table with 30 medals of 13 gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze medals.
The 2019 edition which was the 5th edition had 3,893 athletes drawn from 33 states and the FCT who competed in 34 sporting events.

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NYSC Coordinator Cautions Corps Members Against Engaging In Local Politics - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 22, 2022
Taura said this during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Batch C Stream 1 orientation course at the NYSC Orientation camp in Paiko Local Government Area of Niger state today.
He advised the corps members to rather integrate into their host communities while also appreciating and respecting their cultures.
He urged the corps members to undertake personal and group Community Development Service CDS projects that would help to uplift the living standards in their host communities. The coordinator also urged the corps members to perform their duties with diligence and be guided by the provisions of the NYSC Act and Bye-Laws as well as workplace rules and regulations

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‘NYSC D-G Source Of Pride To Armed Forces’ - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 13, 2022
He gave the commendation when he received the Director-General, who visited him in his office in Kaduna.
Describing Ibrahim as a source of pride to the Nigerian Armed Forces, he remarked that his achievements in NYSC were consistent with the qualities of hard work, dedication, selflessness and dynamism, which he demonstrated in his previous appointments.
General Yusuf recalled the Director-General’s contributions to the success of the NDA, especially as Head of History and War Studies Department as well as Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFUND Desk Officer.
The Commandant said the D-G’s achievements in the NYSC did not come as a surprise given his known standard of performance.
He said the Academy would continue to support the Scheme, especially in the area of Corps Welfare.
The Director-General thanked the Commandant for the mentorship he enjoyed from him, describing him as a thoroughbred senior officer.

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NYSC DG Commends FG Over Border Closure - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
November 17, 2019
The Director General of the National Youth ServiceCorps NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has commended the FederalGovernment over its ongoing closure of the country’s land borders.
Ibrahim made the commendation on the sidelines ofhis visit to inspect facilities at the General Yakubu Gowon NYSC OrientationCamp, Dutse.
He was represented by the Director, Human ResourcesManagement, NYSC National Headquarters, Abuja, Abdulrazak Salawu.
The director general also urged the corps members totake advantage of the border closure to learn something through SAED that wouldsustain them after service.
Similarly, the Chairman of the Governing Council ofthe NYSC, Binta Muazu, also visited the camp on a familiarisation andinspection tour of facilities at the camp.
Binta, who led other members of the council,expressed satisfaction with the facilities and the general sanitation at thecamp.

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NYSC DG Expresses Concern Over Dress Code Controversy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 12, 2019
The Director-General of National Youth Service CorpsNYSC, Shuaibu Ibrahim, has expressed concern over recent controversy on thedress code for corps members.
In a statement issued by Adenike Adeyemi, NYSC’sDirector of Press and Public Relations, Ibrahim urged corps members to alwaysadhere to the dress code.
Ibrahim said that the national NYSC camp, predicatedon discipline and decency, is a training ground for corps members.
According to him, it will be reprehensible for afemale corps member to embark on obstacle crossing and other physical trainingactivities on camp, including parade, in skirt or gown.
The NYSC director general clarified thatorganisation did not issue hijab as part of its dress code.

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NYSC DG Lauds Corps Members’ Oustanding Performance During Presidential. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 8, 2023
He made the commendation during a meeting with the NYSC State Coordinators in preparation for the Governorship and State Assembly elections.
The Director General said every stakeholder must rally round the scheme in order to achieve its mandate, especially in the on-going general elections.
He also enjoined all state coordinators to sustain constant interface with relevant security agencies to ensure the safety of their corps members on election duty, including their welfare.
NYSC deployed over 200,000 corps members as ad hoc staff for the 2023 general elections.


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NYSC DG Tasks Corps Members On Promotion Of National Cohesion - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 27, 2022
National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has urged corps members to discourage all forms of restiveness and strive toward promoting national unity and cohesion.
Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Muhammad Fadah, made the call at the swearing in of NYSC 2022 Batch ‘B’ stream 2 corps members posted to Sokoto State, at the Permanent Orientation Camp, Wamakko Local Government Area.
He advised the corps members to shun cultism, drug abuse and other social vices, and urged them to use the platform to promote national unity.
Fadah, cautioned the corps members to avoid using the social media to spread fake news, fuel hatred and other negative purposes.
The DG urged them to use social media for the promotion of national unity and development.


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NYSC: DG Warns Institutions Against Enrolling Unqualified Graduates Into Scheme - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
May 28, 2019
The Director General Of The NationalYouth Service Corps, NYSC Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim Has Warned TertiaryInstitutions In The Country Against Enrolling Unqualified Graduates Into TheScheme.
He Said The NYSC Would Blacklist AnyHigher Institution Found To Be Involved In Fraudulent Mobilisation OfUnqualified Graduates In Order To Serve As A Deterrent To Others.
Ibrahim Said NYSC Is Preparing ToMobilise Its Batch-B Prospective Corps Members By June Amid Reports From TheMinistry Of Finance That The Monthly Allowance Paid To The Members Had BeenIncreased To Thirty Thousand Naira, Which Is Also The New Minimum Wage.
But The Director General, WhileAddressing Data Entry Officers From Tertiary Institutions And Deployment AndRelocation Officers From NYSC States At A Workshop Held In Abuja On Monday,Warned That Unqualified Graduates Should Not Be Enrolled In The ForthcomingMobilisation.


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NYSC, One Of Best Schemes Introduced By Military — Jega - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 16, 2023
Former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, stated this in Abuja while delivering the 50th anniversary lecture of the NYSC with the theme: ”NYSC: Five Decades of Fostering National Unity and Development.” NYSC was established on May 22, 1973, by Decree 24.
He noted that the NYSC has substantially achieved the objectives for which it was established.
The former INEC Boss however, stressed that to sustain the scheme and reposition it for optimal performance, its challenges must be addressed.
Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, in an address to declare the ceremony open, said since its establishment 50 years ago, the story of NYSC had been that of growth, progress and expansion. Also, Director-General of the scheme, Brigadier-General, Yusha’u Ahmed, said in appreciation of the pivotal role played by the scheme in national development, some other African countries desirous of the NYSC model have visited on a study tour to find out how they could replicate a similar scheme


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NYSC Tasks Employers On Safety, Comfort Of Corps Members - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 18, 2021
Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuibu Ibrahim, made the call at the 2021 Corps Employers Workshop held at CIPM House, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
The NYSC boss was represented by Director of Audit of the corps Lanre Abiodun.
The theme of the workshop was  “Optimising the NYSC/Corps employers partnership for national development in the context of the new era”.
He noted that there was scarcity of white collar jobs, hence, the scheme introduced Skill Acquisition Entrepreneurship Development SAED being an empowerment for self-reliance, self-employment and wealth creation for corp members.

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NYSC Warns Against Unauthorized Use Of Corps Uniforms, Logo, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 13, 2023
The Scheme stated that it is greatly disturbed by the circulation of various content on social media for entertainment and political purposes. It added that it remains apolitical and neutral in the ongoing political and electioneering process and that the unregulated materials continue to portray the NYSC in bad light.
The Scheme cited section 14 of NYSC Act which clearly specifies that any person who, not being a person serving in the corps or duly authorised so to do, but wears the uniform or any part of the uniform of the service corps is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment for a term of six months or to both.
NYSC says henceforth, will not hesitate to initiate legal action against any individual or group that contravenes the provisions of the Act as regards the use of the NYSC uniform.

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Obasanjo Urges Nigerians To Look Inwards, Develop Local Content - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 31, 2021
The product developed by former President of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation NIDO, Singapore Obaje, is for the treatment of Arthritis as well as body and joint pains.
Obasanjo further described the product as bio-technology-based and a stable emulsion with natural extracts capable of delivering a concentration of medication seamlessly through the human skin.
He further stressed the need for adequate investment in local content development to promote self-reliance among Nigerians in particular, and Africans in general.
The transdermal product is a non-greasy and odourless therapy for degenerative diseases common in the U.S., Japan, and Singapore.

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Obasanjo Writes Buhari, Says Killings Can No Longer Be Treated With Nonchalance - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 15, 2019
Former President Olusegun Obasanjohas written another letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, expressing worry overincessant killings across Nigeria.
According to him, the issue of killings can no longer be ignored or treated with nonchalance.
Read Related News: Obasanjo Charges Nigerian Youths To Take Over Power
He said it can not be swept underthe carpet or treated with cuddling glove.
The elder statesman in the letteralso warned that Nigeria is tipping towards a dangerous cliff and only thepresident could forestall such a looming disaster.
He was however quick to add that thePresident cannot handle the situation stressing the need for a joint effort totackle the menace, adding that the President cannot do it alone.
Obasanjo, therefore, urged the government to open up discussion, debate and dialogue as part of the consultation to proffer solutions to the problem of insecurity confronting the nation.


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Obaseki’s Defection To PDP, A Not A Good Move - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 21, 2020
With Governor Godwin Obaseki defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) his quest for a second term in office as governor of Edo state looks more difficult than ever.
Mr Obaseki had defected to the PDP following his disqualification by the APC’s Edo state governorship screening committee, an issue first raised by the Edo PDP.
The governor was disqualified over alleged discrepancies in his educational certificates. He claimed to have an AL certificate with which he gained admission into the university, but when asked to produce the certificate, he couldn’t.
Also, he couldn’t explain the error in his name even as he claims to have had the NYSC discharge certificate in his possession since 1980! Then, the affidavit which he deposed to claiming to have lost his certificates is disowned by the same court where he allegedly swore to the affidavit.
Recalled that Kenneth Imasuagbon, one of the three candidates of the PDP originally cleared to contest for the party’s governorship ticket in the now postponed primary, abruptly cut short a meeting convened to intimidate him into dropping his ambition for the defecting Godwin Obaseki today at Protea Hotel in Benin City.
Kenneth reportedly stormed out of the meeting, threatening to sue the party for its blatant violation of established rules and provisions in the attempt to compel a ‘consensus candidate’ through the imposition of Godwin Obaseki.
Another aspirant, Ogbeide Ihama, in a campaign video released by his team, insisted that he is proceeding with his ambition, and will not succumb to pressure to step down for Obaseki. A visibly appalled Ihama recalled his 13 years in the PDP and declared to his spectators that “it is not our portion” to step down for a newbie, throwing jibes to the embattled Godwin Obaseki.
The spiralling crisis in the party is caused primarily by Obaseki’s refusal to participate in any form of a contest for the ticket but instead relying on ‘godfathers’ in the PDP to bully the other aspirants into a surrender.


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Obituary: Buhari, Saraki, Masari Commiserate With Late Mamman Nasir’s Family - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 14, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari describes the death of former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mamman Nasir, as not only a loss to the judiciary, but also the country at large, because of his remarkable commitment to public service.
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said late Mamman Nasir belonged to a generation of judges and justices who perceived public office as an opportunity to offer selfless service to the country and its people.
Buhari said Nasir and judges of their golden age were more interested in leaving untainted record of integrity than accumulation of wealth overnight.
Likewise, the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari expressed sadness over the death of Nasir, the Galadiman Katsina and District Head of Malumfashi, saying that Nigeria had lost one of its last standing illustrious sons.

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Obituary: Buhari, Saraki, Masari Commiserate With Late Mamman Nasir’s Family - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 14, 2019
President MuhammaduBuhari describes the death of former President of the Court of Appeal, JusticeMamman Nasir, as not only a loss to the judiciary, but also the country atlarge, because of his remarkable commitment to public service.
In a statement by hisSenior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said lateMamman Nasir belonged to a generation of judges and justices who perceivedpublic office as an opportunity to offer selfless service to the country andits people.
Buhari said Nasir andjudges of their golden age were more interested in leaving untainted record ofintegrity than accumulation of wealth overnight.Likewise, the SenatePresident Bukola Saraki and Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari expressedsadness over the death of Nasir, the Galadiman Katsina and District Head ofMalumfashi, saying that Nigeria had lost one of its last standing illustrioussons.


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Obituary: Ex-Super Eagles Player Justice Christopher Is Dead - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 9, 2022
The deceased had reportedly been battling high blood pressure.
Reports said he was full of life and showed no sign of health challenge
when he was seen in the company of his friends on Tuesday.
The deceased played for several clubs, including Katsina United, Sharks
F.C., Bendel Insurance, Antwerp (Belgium), Levski Sofia (Bulgaria),
Trelleborgs FF (Sweden), Alania Vladikavkaz (Russia) and Herfølge
Boldklub (Denmark).
The midfielder announced his retirement after the end of the season
2006–07 season.
He, however, returned to football on October 21, 2012, when he signed
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Obituary: Former Nff President Oneya Dies At 73 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 5, 2021
Former President, Nigeria Football Federation, Brigadier General
Dominic Oneya (retd.), is dead.
Born on May 26, 1948, Oneya, who hailed from Agbarho Kingdom in
Ughelli, reportedly died on Thursday morning in his home at Effurun
GRA in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.
Oneya was NFF boss from 1999 to 2002.
He served in various capacities in CAF committees and recently headed
the Ministerial Committee on Reforms in Nigerian Football
Oneya was from 1996 to 1998 military administrator of Kano State.
The late army general was also the military administrator of Benue State
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Obituary: Nigeria’s HARRYStatistician-General, Simon Harry, Is Dead - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 13, 2022
Harry was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2021
to replace Yemi Kale as Statistician-General of the Federation to head
the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS.
Harry joined the erstwhile Federal Office of Statistics as statistician 11
in 1992 and rose to the position of Director of Statistics in 2019.
Before his appointment as the Statistician-General of the Federation, he
was the Director of Corporate Planning and Technical Coordination,
department of the NBS – with almost three decades of statistical
experience.
He was born on the March 15th,1965 in Lishin–Jengre of Plateau State.


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Observer Groups: INEC Gives Deadline For Application For Kogi, Bayelsa Elections - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 27, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC hasfixed August 30th, as deadline for the submission of applications by observergroups interested to observe Bayelsa and Kogi states governorship elections.
The Commission announced this in a statement on its website.
It invited interested registered Civil SocietyOrganisations, Non-Governmental Organizations and other stakeholders whichactivities focus on democracy, governance and elections, to visit its websitefor application forms.
It noted that successful observer groups for the two stateselections would be subsequently published in newspapers and on the commission’swebsite.
It advised organisations wishing to apply to be truthful intheir submissions, saying any falsification of documents in the submission willlead to automatic disqualification and possible prosecution.


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Obstetric Fistula: FG Inaugurates National Committee - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
February 27, 2019
The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has inauguratedInter-Ministerial Committee on the establishment of the National ObstetricFistula Centres in Nigeria towards ensuring the reduction of Obstetric Fistulacases.
Director, Media and Public Relations of the MinistryBoade Akinola, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja.
Akinola said the Federal Government had designatedthree 3 facilities located in Kaduna, Bauchi and Ebonyi States as NationalObstetric Fistula centres for prevention, treatment, training and research.
She quoted Adewole as saying that the NationalCentres were expected to provide technical backstopping as well as act asreferral centres to the several health facilities where fistula cases werediagnosed in the six geopolitical zones.
The minister said government was working relentlesslyto ensure availability of functional Primary Health Care centres, skilled birthattendants, as some of the preventive measures against obstetric fistula.

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Odili’s House Siege: Gov. Wike Gives Federal Government 48hrs Ultimatum To Unmask Attackers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 1, 2021
Wike, while addressing newsmen in Abuja, described the siege as an assassination attempt on the life of Odili, who is a Justice of the Supreme Court. He said recent developments surrounding the family of Peter Odili called for worries from Nigerians.
The Governor also explained that if within 48 hours nothing was done, the government of Rivers State would take the necessary steps to seek justice.
However, Security agencies have denied their role, while the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, also washed his hands off it. It would be recalled that last Friday, the residence of Odili was invaded by security agents controlled by the Federal Government.
Also, the House of Representatives, while reacting, called for an inquest into the attack. Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok Luke, in a statement, condemned the incident and pledged support for effort that would ensure the sanctity of the judiciary.

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Offa Bank Robbery: COVID-19 Scare Stalls Trial - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 22, 2020
Fears of COVID-19 have stalled continuation of trial of April 5th, 2018 Offa, bank robbery suspects at the Kwara state High Court.
Doors of the court of the trial judge, Justice Haleema Saleeman were under lock and keys.
Heavily armed prisons officials with the suspects arrived the court premises at 9.05am but there were no officials to open the court room for them.
The accused are Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salahudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran, all of whom were in the court’s premises.
Investigations at the Ilorin High Court premises showed the state judiciary had been shut down due to COVID-19 pandemic.
A circular pasted on one of the walls in the court premises signed by the Chief Registrar of the High Court Mrs. Ibijoke Olawoyin said the court decided to shutdown because of “the risks associated with public gathering.”


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Offa Robbery Attack: Accused Alleged Police Obtained Confessional Statements Under Duress - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
March 16, 2019
The three men charged in the April5, 2018 bank robbery in Offa, on Friday told a High Court in Ilorin, Kwara thatthe confessional statements admitting to the crime were obtained under duresswhile in police custody.
The police charged AyoadeAkinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye and Adeola Abraham with criminal conspiracy torob the banks, robbery of the banks, conspiracy to murder; murder of ninepolicemen and other innocent citizens, and illegal possession of firearms.
Testiying in while being led inevidence in the trial-within-trial by their counsel, Mathias Emeribe,Akinnibosun, said he was tortured and threatened by the police to make theconfessional statements.
Akinnibosun alleged that DeputyCommissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, also asked him and the other accusedpersons to implicate Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
Akinnibosun, Ogunleye and Ibrahimgave graphic details of their experience allegedly in police custody in Abuja.


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Official Visit: Tinubu Departs To Netherlands. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
April 25, 2024
A statement by Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, says, on the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, President Tinubu will engage in high-level discussions with the Prime Minister, as well as hold separate meetings with His Royal Majesty, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Kingdom, who is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA)”.
While in the Netherlands, the President will participate in the Nigerian-Dutch Business and Investment Forum, which will bring together heads of conglomerates and organisations in both countries to explore opportunities for collaboration and partnerships, especially in agriculture and water management towards innovative solutions for sustainable farming practices.
The statement further said that after his engagements in the Netherlands, the President will proceed to attend a special World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting, scheduled for April 28-29 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
At the World Economic Forum meeting, which focuses on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development, President Tinubu and his entourage will use the opportunity of the gathering of over 1,000 leaders from business, government, and academia to engage in discussions in furtherance of his Renewed Hope Agenda for the country.


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Ogoni Clean-Up: Buhari Meets Community Leaders, Restates Commitment - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 22, 2021
Receiving some leaders and people of Ogoni Land at the State House,
Abuja, the President in a statement by presidential spokesman noted that
the Federal Government was committed to the cleaning up of Ogoni
Land so that indigenes can regain their lives, return to farms and
reactivate economic activities.
The President said bad industry practices coupled with security
challenges had resulted in massive spills with attendant environmental
degradation of Ogoni, leading to agitations and strife.
He said the government would bring to a close all pending issues on
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Ogoni Clean-Up: FG Targets Polluted Over 2,000 Hectare Shoreline - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2022
Project Coordinator of Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP Ferdinand Giadom under the Federal Ministry of Environment, announced this at a sensitisation workshop in Gokana.
Giadom said the remediation of the hectare shoreline was the largest shoreline clean-up embarked upon in the world.
He said the clean-up will create thousands of job opportunities and enhance the livelihoods of Ogoni youths and their dependents. Noting that the clean-up of crude oil impacted Ogoni communities was at a stage where the people would see the progress made so far.
The project coordinator said issuance of IMO certification was a deliberate effort to empower Ogoni youths with requisite certification, to make them eligible to work in similar projects anywhere in the world, adding that the exercise would commence as soon as the agency concluded with its contract processes and mobilisation of contractors to site.

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Ogoni Clean-Up: Paramount Ruler Urges FG To Mobilise Contractors - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
April 15, 2019
The Paramount Ruler of Bodo City in Rivers, King John Beredon, has urged the Federal Government to mobilise contractors to site to commence the remediation and recovery stage of the Ogoni Clean-up programme.
Beredon made the call in an interview on Monday in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers.
He said that if contractors were adequately mobilised, Ogoni people and the entire Niger Delta region would have renewed confidence in the Federal Government’s promise to kick-start the United Nations Environment Programme report implementation in Ogoniland.
The paramount ruler, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari on his political will to drive the clean-up programme and pleaded that contractors be mobilised to site without further delay.
The paramount ruler also said that there was the need for government to recruit only experts for the clean-up to avoid unnecessary alterations and deviation from the provisions of the UNEP report.
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Ogoni-Land: FG Opens Fresh Contract Bid For Clean-Up - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 2, 2019
Ogoni-Land: FG Opens Fresh Contract Bid For Clean-Up
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project,HYPREP opened a fresh bid to select 36 additional contractors for theremediation of oil impacted Ogoni communities in Rivers.
The addition of 36 firms would raise the number to57 contractors hired so far for the clean-up.
HYPREP, under the Federal Ministry of Environment,opened the initial bid in September 2018, with 183 out of 400 companies scalingthrough to the next round of bid.
The remediation agency later selected 21 from thepre-qualified 183 companies to start clean-up of 21 oil impacted sites inOgoniland.
Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Marvin Dekil, said atthe opening of Phase I, Batch II, bid in Port Harcourt, that Federal Governmentwas passionate about the exercise.
Dekil explained that 36 contractors selected at theend of the Batch II bidding process would be assigned to handle another set of36 oil spilled sites.


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Ogoni -Land MOSOP Cries Out Over Resurgence Of Violence In Communities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 19, 2019
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP,has alerted on the resurgence of violence in most Ogoni communities, as eightpeople died in the latest attack on Sunday.
President of MOSOP, Legborsi Pyagbara, in an issuedstatement on Sunday night in Port Harcourt, said enemies of the area wereperpetrating the violence.
He noted that MOSOP and other stakeholders have beenmeeting to restore peace to the area and wondered why certain interest groupswere bent on thwarting the peace initiatives with their continued attacks onlives and properties in the area.
Pyagbara lamented that those who did not want peacein Ogoni-land, were trying their best to bring the area under siege. Accordingto him, six of the victims are from Opouko community and two from Luumene areaof the LGA.
He added that the residence of the Khana CouncilChairman, Mr. Lateh Loolooh and the palace of the Gbenemene Banghan, ChiefSuanu Baridam, were burnt down during the attack.
The MOSOP president, therefore, urged relevant authorities to uncover those behind the dastardly acts.


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Ogun East: INEC Declares Senatorial Election Inconclusive  - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 25, 2019
The election results of Ogun East SenatorialDistrict was on Monday declared inconclusive by the Independent NationalElectoral Commission INEC.
The Returning Officer for Ogun East, Chris Onwuka ofthe Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, said that the decision todeclare the election inconclusive was based on the principle of INEC.
He said the election was cancelled because of overvoting in Ajebandele Ward in Ijebu East Local Government where total vote castwere more than the number of accredited voters.
There was protest within the collation centre atIjebu-Ode Local Government Town Hall when Onwuka was about declaring LekanMustapha of All Progressive Party (APC) as the winner of the election.
Mustapha polled a total vote of 84,929, his closestrival, Adeola Sosanwo of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, polled 82,457 votes.
The returning officer said that there was allegedcase of discrepancies in the election results.

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Ogun Governorship: INEC Declares APC’s Dapo Abiodun Winner Of Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 11, 2019
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared
DapoAbiodun, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,APC,
winnerof Saturday’s governorship polls in Ogun State.
Thestate Returning Officer for the governorship poll, Idowu Olayinka,
announcedin Abeokuta on Monday that Abiodun scored a total of 241,
670votes to clinch victory.
Olayinka,who is Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, explained that
Abiodunbeat his closest rival, Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples
Movementwho came second with 222, 153 votes.
Hesaid that the candidate of the African Democratic Congress,ADC
camethird with 110, 422 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party
Candidate,Buruji Kashamu, who scored 70,290 votes, was fourth.
Abreakdown of the results on local government basis as announced by
localgovernment collation officers showed that Abiodun won in 11
councilareas and scored over 25 per cent of total votes cast in 16 out of
20local governments in the state.
TheReturning Officer, who noted that the margin of lead between
Abiodunand Akinlade was 19,517 votes said that the figure is more than
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OIC: Buhari Raises Alarm Over Serious Security Problems In Member States - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 2, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has alerted that manyOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC member states are grappling withserious security problems, including terrorism, violent extremism and armedcriminality.
The President stated this when he read thecollective statement of African countries at the 14th Summit of the OIC inMakkah, Saudi Arabia.
In the statement read, Buhari said the situation hadbeen compounded by series of political crises in the affected countries.
The Nigerian leader said some of these challengeshad assumed grave dimensions in recent times and required serious andcoordinated approach for lasting solutions.
The president, however, noted that African membersof the OIC were pleased with renewed efforts by the OIC for the restoration ofthe national rights of the Palestinians and other long-standing unresolvedconflicts.


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Oil And Gas: FG To Establish Parks In Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 17, 2019
The Federal Executive Council FEC, has approved theestablishment of oil and gas parks in Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, TimipreSylva said this while briefing State House correspondents after FEC meetingpresided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
He said the parks, which would cost over 3 billionnaira, were for the production of oil and gas tools.
Sylva said that the parks would create up to 1000additional jobs as well improve the security of the Niger Delta.
On her part, the Minister of State forTransportation, Gbemisola Saraki, said that FEC also approved the purchase andinstallation of 300 buoys on the River Niger for the inland waterways.
She said that the approval, which was in the tune of581 million naira was a repeat procurement because the first one was done in2017/2018.
Saraki said that the first approval was from Baro toOnitsha while the latest was from Onitsha to Lokoja.

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Oil And Gas Project: FG Pledges To Support $12bn Dangote Refinery On Feedstocks And Offtakers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 4, 2019
The Federal Government has reiterated its support forthe 12 billion dollars Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical through feed-stocksand off-takers of products to add value to the nation’s economy.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources TimipreSylva, made this known during the tour of the refinery project in Lagos.
The Minister was accompanied by the Group ManagingDirector, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Mele Kyari, ActingDirector, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR Shakur Rufai, and all Heads ofNNPC subsidiaries.
Sylva said that Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical wasa testament that the country possesses an enabling environment for businessesto thrive.
In his remarks, President, Dangote Group Aliko Dangotesaid they believe in Nigeria, noting that there is three per cent growthpopulation increase annually in Nigeria, so, apart from that, Nigeria issupposed to meet the needs of West, East and Central Africa in terms of supply.

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OIL BId Round: Fg Assures Conducive Investment Environment For Investors - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 7, 2024
Commission’s Chief Executive, Gbenga Komolafe, gave the assurance during the opening of the Nigerian Pavilion at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, U.S.
Komolafe said this was as it is committed to giving robust incentives to new entrants, following the beginning of the 2024 oil bid licensing round.
He added that in line with the mandate of President Bola Tinubu, investors wishing to bid for assets in the 2024 licensing round were assured of seamless entry and had nothing to worry about barriers.
According to him, it is heartwarming to note that Nigeria’s licensing round is coming at the same time Guyana is holding same.


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Oil: Forum Urges FG To Pursue Exploration In North To Logical Conclusion - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 7, 2019
The Chairman of theArewa Consultative Forum board of trustees, Adamu Fika has urged PresidentBuhari to pursue oil exploration in the North to its logical conclusion.
Fika made the callwhen he led a delegation of the forum tocongratulate the President on hisre-election.  He reminded Buhari of the request made by the forum in 2016for execution of Baro Port, the Mambilla Hydro power, revival of theagricultural sector, road construction and rehabilitation, and oil and gasexploration.
It noted with pleasurethat the Baro port has been commissioned, while all other projects have beenreactivated and now being implemented.


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Oil, Gas: NNPC Boss, Baru Says Nigeria Has $48 Billion Investment Opportunities In Sector - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian NationalPetroleum
Corporation,NNPC, Maikanti Baru says that over 48 billiondollars
investment opportunities are in the Nigerian oil and gassector.
Baru disclosed this in a statement issued in by the NNPCSpokesman,
Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja.
The GMD called on investors to utilise the over 48 billiondollars
investment opportunities available in the upcoming capitalprojects
within Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry.
Ughamadu said Baru disclosed this at a Panel Session on thetopic
“Insights on Future Exploration Hotspots: Opportunities forAfrica’s Oil
& Gas Industry at the 2019 International PetroleumWeek conference in
London.
The IP Week is a global oil and gas platform where executivesand other
energy professionals discuss the big issues affecting thesector.
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OIL, GAS: Ooni Of Ife Says Discovery Is Nigeria’s Greatest Misfortune - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 16, 2019
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi,has said that the greatest misfortune that has ever befallen Nigeria as anation was the discovery of oil and gas.
Ogunwusi said this during a courtesyvisit by the National Executive of Nigeria Tour Operators to the Ooni’s palacein Ile-Ife.
The executive members were led by NATOP’sPresident Bilikisu Abdul, and accompanied by some journalists.
The traditional ruler said thatNigerians had failed to develop the tourism potential in the country due to thediscovery of crude oil.
He said that Nigerians had alsoforgotten that every nation’s tourism potential was inexhaustible compared toits oil and gas that has a life span.
The Ooni of Ife also in hisresponses to requests made earlier by the leaders of the groups under NATOPassured them of his  royal support.�׳��@


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Oil/Gas: PIA Implementation Will Enable Far-Reaching Reforms – NUPRC Boss - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 15, 2021
Chief Executive Officer of the Commission Gbenga Komolafe, Komolafe made the assertion at the virtual Nigerian Gas Association, NGA 2021 Business Forum and Annual General Meeting, with the theme: ”Petroleum Industry Act, PIA: Progress and Opportunities in the Decade of Gas.”
He also explained that signing of the PIA by President Muhammadu Buhari on August 16 after almost two decades was a huge achievement in the advancement of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. According to him, the PIA and the Decade of Gas initiative of the government will help the government to attain its key objectives for the industry.
Earlier, President of Nigerian Gas Association, NGA, Ed Ubong said the global energy transition and the COVID-19 pandemic had made it imperative for all stakeholders to work together to accelerate the development of gas in Nigeria. He however noted that the association is committed to supporting the government’s efforts to utilise gas for industrialisation of the country.

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Oil/Gas: Reps Assure April 2023 Completion Of $1.5bn Port Harcourt Refinery Repairs Achievable - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 8, 2021
Chairman of Committee Abdullahi Gaya announced this during the committee’s visit to the Port Harcourt Refinery Company in Eleme, Rivers State, as part of its oversight function on Tuesday.
It was reported that the Committee carried out oversight with a thorough probe on turnaround maintenance, where views, opinions of the operators based on their observations and experiences were sought to discover all the refinery with the view of providing a lasting solution to the problem.
Also, the Managing Director of the Port Harcourt refinery Ahmed Dikko while briefing journalists said a lot of grounds have so far been covered, pointing out that the timeline was feasible.

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Oil Industry: Pengassan Tasks Incoming Govt On Rehabilition Of Refineries - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 12, 2023
President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, made the call at the 7th Triennial National Delegates Conference of the association in Abuja, with the theme of the conference is: ‘Equity and Social Justice; Advocacy for Equal Opportunities for all Workers”.
He pointed out that completion of the ongoing rehabilitation of refineries and associated pipelines would be in the interest of the Nigeria’s economy.
Osifo also said the union will also continue to advocate for the adoption of a joint venture incorporated in 1989 to produce LNG and natural gas liquids for export model in the running of the Nation’s four Refineries when fully revamped.
Also speaking, President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, called for greater solidarity and collaboration between PENGASSAN and other unions under in the Trade Union Congress, TUC.


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Oil Industry: Pengassan Tasks Incoming Govt. On Rehabilition Of Refineries. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 12, 2023
President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, made the call at the 7th Triennial National Delegates Conference of the association in Abuja, with the theme of the conference is: ‘Equity and Social Justice; Advocacy for Equal Opportunities for all Workers”.
He pointed out that completion of the ongoing rehabilitation of refineries and associated pipelines would be in the interest of the Nigeria’s economy.
Osifo also said the union will also continue to advocate for the adoption of a joint venture incorporated in 1989 to produce LNG and natural gas liquids for export model in the running of the Nation’s four Refineries when fully revamped.
Also speaking, President of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, called for greater solidarity and collaboration between PENGASSAN and other unions under in the Trade Union Congress, TUC.


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Oil Marketers Urge NIMASA, NPA To Obey FG’S Directive On Naira Transactions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 14, 2022
Second Vice Chairman, DAPPMAN, Mahmoud Tukur, who made the call, stated that despite the directive of government to NIMASA and NPA about a year ago, both agencies had yet to comply with allowing naira payments instead of collection of dollars.
The heads of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, and DAPPMAN had in November 2021 signed the deal.
The government, through its downstream regulator and based on the agreement among stakeholders, had directed that ports charges should be collected in naira. But since last year, both NIMASA and NPA had continued to collect the charges in dollars, according to DAPPMAN.

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Oil Palm: FG Plans To Create Four Million Jobs Through Production - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2019
The Federal Government says it will create more than four million jobs through oil palm production in the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment Sunday Akpan, said this in a statement.
Akpan, who was represented by the Director, Department of Commodity Produce and Inspectorate, Omololu Ope-Ewe, said this during the presentation of the draft Oil Palm Policy document value chain.
He said that Federal Government was working toward ensuring the re-positioning of the Oil Palm sector for optimal contribution in terms of job creation and revenue sources for both government and the private sector.
Akpan said that oil palm which once played a predominant role in the Gross Domestic Product GDP of the country, depended on imported ones to augment local production.
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Oil Platform Explosion: Two More Bodies Recovered From Wreckage - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 8, 2022
One dead body was recovered in the early hours of Sunday, while two
more bodies were discovered on Sunday afternoon, according to reports.
Authorities disclosed that investigations were ongoing into the explosion
and fire that engulfed the vessel on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.

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Oil Price: Brent Falls To $71 Amid Surging Covid-19 Delta Variant - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 5, 2021
Oil prices fell for a third day early on yesterday as concerns about
demand amid surging Delta COVID-19 variant continue to weigh on
market sentiment.
Before the weekly EIA inventory report, Brent Crude was trading down
by 1.60 per cent at $71.25 while WTI Crude was down below $70 per
barrel again, after dipping briefly below that mark on Tuesday.
Soaring COVID cases with the fast-spreading Delta variant were front
and center in the oil market yesterday, trumping geopolitical tensions
with incidents with oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
Travel restrictions and the spread of the Delta variant became a source
of concern for the oil market that fuel and industrial demand in China,
the world’s largest oil importer, could take a hit.
COVID is also resurging in the biggest economy, the United States, and
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Oil Price: Senate Invites Zainab, Sylva, Emefiele - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 18, 2020
The Senate has invited the ministers of petroleum Timipre Sylva and his Finance counterpart, Zainab Ahmed to  find ways of saving the country’s economy from distress in the face of falling oil prices due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has also been invited by the lawmakers who have  called for fuel subsidy removal and naira devaluation as part of measures to stem the looming economic crisis caused by the spread of the Coronavirus.
The Senate says a review of the Appropriation Act 2020 as passed by the National Assembly was inevitable in the face of the prevailing global impact of the pandemic.
Already, oil price, especially the Brent, Nigeria’s specie, has dropped to under 30 dollars, about 50 per cent loss in revenue, going by the 57 dollars benchmark the 2020 Appropriation Act was hinged upon.
The World’s leading oil groups, International EnergyAgency IEA and the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC haveequally expressed worry about the continued fall of oil price in theinternational market.


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Oil: Prices Slip As Focus Shifts From Saudi Supply To Global Demand Concerns - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 24, 2019
Oil prices eased on Tuesday as weak manufacturingdata from Europe and Japan focused market attention on the gloomy outlook fordemand and away from uncertainty around supply disruptions in Saudi Arabia.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell 40 cents to 64.37dollars a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures CLc1 were at 58.31dollars, down 33 cents.
Still, oil prices remained at comparatively elevatedlevels for the year in the wake of the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia’slargest oil processing facility that halved output in the world’s top oilexporter.
Reuters reported that Saudi Arabia has restored morethan 7 5 per cent of crude output lost after the attacks on its facilities andwill return to full volumes by Sept. 30,
But the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday thatrepairs at the plants could take months longer than anticipated.

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Oil Proceeds: Buhari Says PDP Still Has Questions To Answer - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 7, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari has said that The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP still owesNigerians explanation on how it expended the humongous resources that accruedto the country from oil sales between 1999 and 2014.
PresidentBuhari said this while Receiving the leadership of organized labour which cameto felicitate with him on his electoral victory at State House, Abuja,Thursday.
Hesaid the current administration met a country with dilapidated infrastructureall round in 2015, and it calls to serious question what the party that was inpower for 16 years did with the country’s earnings from oil, which reached apeak during the period.
Thepresident added that the irresponsible expenditure of that period has not beenexplained, and Nigerians deserve an answer on that terrible mismanagement ofthe country.
Inhis remarks, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba,lauded the President for being worker-friendly, as exemplified in the grantingof bailout funds to state governments to pay backlog of salaries and pensions.


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Oil Production: NNPC Begins Refineries' Rehabilitation In January 2020 – Kyari - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 22, 2019
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPCsays it will begin full rehabilitation of the nations three refineries byJanuary 2020.
The nation’s three refineries are located in PortHarcourt, Warri and Kaduna.
The Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari said this inPort Harcourt, Rivers state during a facility tour of the Port Harcourtrefinery.
Kyari in a statement by the spokesman for thecorporation, Ndu Ughamadu, noted that the move would help the corporation torefine crude oil at optimum capacity by 2022.
He said that the visit to the refinery was part ofhis strong determination and commitment, to ensure that the nation’s refineriesdeliver real time value and address the petroleum needs of Nigerians.
According to him, making the refineries to operateat optimal capacities, is a mandate that NNPC as a corporation will leave nostone unturned to actualize, because a timely delivery of the asset is apriority.
He further tasked the contractors on the need toconsider their reputation as most critical element in business processes andengagements.

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Oil Sector: President Buhari To Inaugurate Dangote Refinery, May 22 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2023
Bashir Ahmad was quoted in a tweet on his Twitter handle, as saying, “efforts by the Federal Government to make Nigeria self-sufficient in local refining of crude oil to save the scarce foreign exchange used in the importation of petroleum products have received a boost as the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery, the world’s largest single-train refinery, is set for inauguration on May 22nd, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari.”
The Dangote Refinery complex is located in the Lekki Free Zone area of Lagos. The refinery is the biggest in Africa and also the biggest single-train refinery in the world.
A single-train refinery uses an integrated distillation unit or one crude distillation unit to refine crude oil into various petroleum products, as against the use of multiple distillation units by most big refineries.


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Oil Sector: President Tinubu Meets Shell Upstream Director, Yujnovich, Kyari. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 4, 2023
Also at the meeting was the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari.
Monday’s meeting is President Tinubu’s first engagement since resuming office after the Sallah festivities and his foreign trips to France on June 20 and London on June 24.
Yujnovich, who assumed office as Upstream Director on July 1 has been a member of the Shell Executive Committee since 2021.
She arrived at the Aso Rock Villa alongside three other Shell officials at about 11:45 am and was ushered into the President’s office complex for the meeting scheduled for 12:00 noon.
It forms part of ongoing consultations with leaders from the oil and gas sector since his administration discontinued petroleum subsidy on May 29.
The President had previously met with the Exxon Mobil Executives, Liam Mallon, Richard Laing and Adesua Dozie – at the State House.
He also met other key figures from the oil-rich Niger Delta region, including former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Timi Alaibe and former Director- General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Dakuku Peterside.


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Oil Sector: Shakeup In NNPC As Senior Management Staff Redeployed, Coo Sacked - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 10, 2021
Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Kennie Obateru, announced in a statement issued in Abuja that Billy Okoye had been appointed the new Group Executive Director, Ventures and Business Development, while Aisha Ahmadu-Katagum was promoted to the position of Group Executive Director, Corporate Services.
NNPC stated that other Chief Operating Officer positions in the Corporation had now been re-designated as Group Executive Directors, in alignment with the rules of Company and Allied Matters Act.
This, it said, was preparatory to the new status of the corporation as a limited liability company, post-Petroleum Industry Bill.


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Oil Theft Costs Nigeria 22mb In 6 Months - Gov. Obaseki - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2019
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has said that the nation lost about twenty two million barrels of its crude oil production to oil theft between January and June 2019.
Read this: UK, Norway, Pledge Support For Nigeria’s Oil, Gas Sector.
Obaseki madethis known in a statement issued by the Nigerian National PetroleumCorporation, NNPC Spokesman Ndu Ughamadu, in Abuja said that if nothing is doneto curtail the ugly trend, the figure could double by the end of the year.
TheGovernor, who is also the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee of the NationalEconomic Council on Crude Oil Theft spoke at a stakeholders meeting held inAbuja.
He lamentedthat the menace of oil theft and pipeline vandalism were beginning to pose a threatto the national economy.
The Governorcalled on stakeholders to join forces and work toward eradicating the menace ofcrude oil theft that was currently on upward swing in the country.


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Oil Theft: Federal Government Says Security Personnel In N’delta Conniving With Criminals - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2022
Minister of State, Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva, who spoke on a national television, noted that the government has many plans to monitor the personnel paid to stop the menace.
He added that the persistent vandalism of oil and gas pipelines was a metamorphosis of the militancy in the Niger-Delta region, which although led to the training of several youths in the region, has extended to the ongoing challenge.
The Minister however stressed that oil theft has been in Nigeria for decades, noting that at a time there was some sympathy for the culprits, which aggravated the matter.
Sylva said the situation is no longer sustainable, pointing out that Nigeria is currently losing a lot of its production, a development that spurred the president to act on the matter.


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Oil Theft: FG Arraigns 12 Suspects Aboard Cameroon-Bound Vessel. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 24, 2023
The Federal Government arraigned the 12 suspected oil thieves before the Federal High Court in Asaba.
The charge had as defendants, Cobbina Paul & ORS.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty when the two counts contained in the charge sheet were read to them before Justice F.A. Olubanjo.
The prosecuting counsel for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, O. F Okai, prayed the court to remand the defendants in the custodial facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service while a date was fixed for the commencement of trial.
The defence counsel, Paul Ejiga, made an oral bail application, saying he was informed about the arraignment late.
In a ruling, however, Justice Olubanjo declined the oral bail application.
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Oil Theft: Navy Destroys Illegal Refineries, Boat Loaded With Stolen Crude In Bayelsa. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 5, 2024
The naval authorities said the operation was in continuation with its fight against crude oil theft and illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta.
The operation is said to be in line with the recently launched Nigerian Navy ‘Operation Delta Sanity’, aimed at ridding illegal oil theft and bunkering activities within the region’s maritime domain.
The Commanding Officer, FOB Formoso, Captain Murtala Aminu Rogo, made this known in an interactive section with reporters in their base in Brass on Monday.
He enjoined the public to cooperate with the Nigerian Navy by providing relevant information that would aid in the ongoing efforts to dismantle the criminal networks.


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Oil Theft: Navy Hands Over 22 Suspects, 2 Vessels To EFCC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2019
The Nigerian Navy in Warri, Delta State, handed over twenty two suspects and two vessels arrested over alleged unwholesome oil deals to officials of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Addressing newsmen during the hand-over, the Commander of the Force in Delta State, Commodore Ibrahim Dewu said that the items and the crew were apprehended offshore in Escravos River.
Also handed over to the anti-graft agency, was a wooden boat containing 240, 000 litres of product suspected to be illegally-refined diesel.
He explained that the suspects commenced the transfer of the illegally acquired product into the vessels.
Dewu said that the Navy was committed to protecting the maritime domain of the country and warned those engaged in illicit businesses to desist and seek better means of livelihood.
Receiving the suspects and the items, Principal Detective Superintendent in Benin Zonal office of EFCC, Richard Ogberaga said that investigation had already commenced on the issue.


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Oil Theft: Pengassan Urges Proactive Action From FG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 8, 2022
PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, made the call in Abuja at a news conference heralding its new Advocacy Programme with the theme Chasing Oil Thieves and Vandals out if Business.
The PENGASSAN’s Awareness Campaign Programme which aims at highlighting evils of oil theft and pipeline vandalism will hold Thursday, September 8, in various zonal locations of the association nationwide.
Osifo, who urged the government to take immediate action on the criminality, threatened that after the association’s advocacy if no traceable progress was seen, it would be forced to withdraw its workforce.
He expressed worry that Nigeria had been struggling to meet over 1.8 million barrels per day production quota of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC due to challenges occasioned by oil thefts and pipelines vandalism.

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Oil Theft: Police Arrest 58 Suspects, 2 Vessels In 2 Months - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 9, 2024
Egbetokun said this in Abuja at the opening of a conference with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioners of Police and above.
He said six trucks, one Toyota Camry vehicle, 200 sacks of adulterated automotive gas oil and 80 drums of adulterated AGO were also recovered by operatives.
The I-G said that other items recovered in January and part of February, were 40 Gee Pee tanks of adulterated AGO and 62,000 litres of adulterated AGO.
According to him, one of the prominent achievements of the task force was the arrest of 23 male suspects and recovery of vessel MT Kali, following intelligence received from a private security contractor.

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Oil: Troops Arrest 5 Suspected Thieves In Special Raid - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 27, 2019
TheNigerian Navy said it arrested five suspected oil thieves who specialise invandalising oil piplelines and stealing petroleum products in Rivers state.
ExecutiveOfficer, Nigerian Navy Ship NNS Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, Captain Adegoke Ebotold newsmen todday, while handing over the suspects to officials of theEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC that the suspects were arrestedwhile transporting large quantities of diesel suspected to be adulterated.
Ebosaid that the product was found hidden on a large wooden boat at Dutch Island creeks,Okirika area of Rivers.
Theexecutive officer of NNS Pathfinder said that the large wooden boat had been onclose watch by troops for suspicious activities over time before the seizure.
Receivingthe suspects and petroleum product, Macaulay Olayinka said the navy incollaboration with the anti-graft agency was winning the fight against oilthieves and vandals.


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Okada Ban: Kaduna Residents Face Hard Times Move Around - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 4, 2021
It would be recalled that the resolution of the state government to ban motorcycles was to defeat the activities of bandits in the state.
The ban which has now entered the third day showed that, many residents who prefer Okada to beat traffic while going to work and their businesses have resorted to trekking.
Reports say security agencies especially, Police, KADVIS and Vigilante Operators have been deployed to impound machines whose owners have disobeyed the order, to arrest and prosecute the offenders.
It added that thousands of motorcycles have been impounded by the security agencies.
However, some residents have called on the government to lift the ban in totality citing the economy difficulties or consider essential workers.

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Okorocha Refused To Honour Our Invitation – EFCC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 25, 2019
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC hassaid that former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has refused to makehimself available to the agency for questioning over allegations of frauddespite invitation.
The acting spokesman of the EFCC, Tony Orilade saidin a statement that its Enugu Zonal Office had on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019,marked some properties traced to Okorocha, his family members and cronies.
Orilade said marking of the properties is as aresult of the failure of the suspects to honour the commission’s invitation forquestioning on the propriety of their acquisition.
He said the properties include: Dews of HopeHospital traced to Dr Paschal Obi, former Principal Secretary to ex-governorOkorocha; Market Square Super Market; All in One Shop; and premises belongingto Imo State Broadcasting Corporation now hosting Rochas Foundation Collegeowned by Senator Okoroacha.
Orilade said the EFCC neither “raided” nor“harassed” anyone in the course of marking the properties as its operatives, inline with international best practices, inform the occupants of the facilitiesin good time, before taking the action.


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Older Persons’ Rights: Coalition Calls For Passage Of Bill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 24, 2019
TheCoalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria has canvassedthe passage of Rights of Older Persons’Bill to protect their rights in thecountry.
TheCoalition’s Secretary General May Ikokwu who  made the call in Abuja saidthat the bill had been pending at the National Assembly, waiting for approval.
Sheexplained that if passed, the bill would address the challenges of retiredworkers and the elderly in the country.
Ikokwusaid the coalition drafted a comprehensive bill that will take care of theplight of the elderly, that addresses the issues concerning older persons notonly suffering but also invisibility and blocked opportunities for the retiredbut not tired.”
Theolder persons’ rights advocate noted that the approval of the bill would givecomfort to the elderly in the society.
Itwas reported that in other climes like U.S. and Europe, the older personsrights are well-protected and their needs provided, as backed by law.


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OLYMPIC EAGLES READY TO RUMBLE AGAINST ZAMBIA - Amakpabo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 12, 2019
Coach Imama Amapakabo says the Olympic Eagles areready for a thrilling encounter against Zambia in their second Group B match atthe on-going Total Under 23 African Cup of Nations in Egypt.
The Dream Team began their quest for a ticket to theTokyo 2020 Olympic Games on a shaky note by Amapakabo has highlighted theimportance of today’s encounter after the team’s 1-0 loss to Cote d’Ivoire intheir opening match on Friday.
Meanwhile, Amapakabo has defended the whistle stopvisit of Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr to the Olympic Eagles training camp inIsmailia shortly before the AFCON got underway last weekend, adding the buck ofthe team stops at his desk.

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Olympic Flame Arrives In Beijing For 2022 Winter Games - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 20, 2021
A flight with the flame on board landed in Beijing ahead of a welcome ceremony at the Beijing Olympic Tower near the National Stadium.
Cai Qi, head of the Beijing Municipal Committee and Beijing Games organising committee, lit a cauldron at Olympic Tower.
The flame will initially remain there before going on display in other Chinese cities as well.
A scaled-down torch relay will be held, with some 1,200 torch-bearers.
They will tour the three competition zones of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou Feb. 2 to Feb. 4 ahead of the opening ceremony also scheduled for Feb. 4.
The Games running until Feb. 20 are to be held under strict coronavirus hygiene protocols.
No fans from abroad will be allowed to attend.
The flame was handed over to the Chinese organising committee in Athens on Tuesday at Panathenaic Stadium where the first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896.
It was lit the previous day with the help of a concave mirror and the sun’s rays at ancient Olympia.
Demonstrators had tried to disrupt the ceremony, with loud protests and by displaying banners criticising reported human rights abuses in China, Tibet and Hong Kong.
Beijing is the first city to stage summer and winter Games, having also hosted the 2008 summer edition.

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Olympics Jersey Saga: Puma Cancels $2.7 Million Contract With Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 5, 2021
Following a recent embarrassment in the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic
Games, International fashion and sportswear brand, PUMA has
terminated its agreement with Nigeria.
An athlete named Chukwuebuka Enekwechi posted a video of himself
cleaning his Olympic Jersey on Instagram with the description “When
you make the Olympic finals but only have one Jersey.” Nigeria became
a trending topic for the wrong reasons.
The post went viral on social media, with many Nigerians wondering
why an athlete would only be given one jersey.
The contract stated that PUMA will supply Nigeria’s Athletics team
with free kits and outfits for the next four years.
The contract also offered $15,000 to Gold Medalists, $5,000 to silver
medalists and $3000 to bronze medalists.
The contract was terminated by PUMA in a letter signed by the brand’s
director, Edlheimb Manuel, on August 4, 2021. According to the letter,
the contract was terminated because Nigerian athletes did not wear the
kits during the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.

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Omicron Covid-19 Variant: Canada Detects Two Cases From Two Travelers To Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 29, 2021
The government of Ontario confirmed that the two cases are in the
capital, Ottawa.
Federal and Ontario provincial officials said both patients are in
isolation while public health authorities trace their possible contacts.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said this in a statement
But Federal Government had claimed that the new COVID-19 variant
was not in Nigeria yet.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr
Ifedayo Adetifa, said in a statement on Sunday that the centre is
prioritising sequencing of recently accrued samples from SARS-COV-2
positive travelers from all countries, especially those from countries that
have reported the Omicron variant already.
virologists have faulted the decision of the Federal Government not to
test the South African delegates on their arrival in the country on
Monday (today) despite the newly discovered strain of the coronavirus
in Southern Africa.

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OMICRON COVID-19 Variant :Canada Detects Two Cases From Two Travellers To Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 29, 2021
The government of Ontario confirmed that the two cases are in the capital, Ottawa.
Federal and Ontario provincial officials said both patients are in isolation while public health authorities trace their possible contacts.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said this in a statement
But Federal Government had claimed that the new COVID-19 variant was not in Nigeria yet.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said in a statement on Sunday that the centre is prioritising sequencing of recently accrued samples from SARS-COV-2 positive travellers from all countries, especially those from countries that have reported the Omicron variant already.
virologists have faulted the decision of the Federal Government not to test the South African delegates on their arrival in the country on Monday (today) despite the newly discovered strain of the coronavirus in Southern Africa.


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Omicron: Envoy Says Britain Will Not Reverse Travel Ban Over FG’s Threat - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 13, 2021
Spokesman for the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock, made this known in reaction over a statement by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, that the UK, Canada and Saudi Arabia would be put on Nigeria’s travel ban on Tuesday.
Hurlock explained that Britain had made it clear that travel abroad would be different this year, adding that the UK was sticking to its standard background lines.
The Spokesman said the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office travel advice was kept under constant review and asked travellers to continue to check it for entry requirements of the destination they plan to visit.
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing had said Omicron cases in the UK had clear links to overseas travel from Nigeria and South Africa. She also maintained that the travel ban was evidence-based.

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OMICRON: Federal Government Faults Travel Ban, Alleges Most Infected Travellers From UK - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 6, 2021
Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire described as unfortunate the reaction of some countries to the Omicron strain. He also noted that even the World Health Organisation had said recently that countries should focus more on collaboration rather than shutting borders.
It would be recalled the World Health Organisation, WHO had two weeks ago designated the omicron variant as a variant of concern.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC had last week said the country had reported three cases of the variant. Before this, the Canadian government had announced that it found two individuals with the variant who had travel history to Nigeria.

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Omicron: FG Asks Saudi Arabia To Lift Travel Restrictions On Nigeria - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 17, 2022
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada made the appeal
on Saturday when he met with the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to
Nigeria, Ambassador Faisal bin Ebraheem Al-Ghamdi.
Dada in a statement by his spokesman Ibrahim Aliyu urged the Saudi
Authorities to review the travel restrictions its placed on Nigerians over
the Omicron outbreak as already done by many countries who have
earlier banned Nigeria but have since reversed their stands having
studied the achievements of Nigeria so far in the fight against the
Omicron variant and the Coronavirus pandemic in general.
While commending the cordial relationship that existed for years and
continues to exist between the two countries, the Minister expressed
optimism for a timely response to Nigeria’s request from Saudi Arabia.
This is as he pledged to continue to give every necessary support and
cooperation to the ambassador in the discharge of his responsibility.

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January 17, 2022
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada made the appeal on Saturday when he met with the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Faisal bin Ebraheem Al-Ghamdi.
Dada in a statement by his spokesman Ibrahim Aliyu urged the Saudi Authorities to review the travel restrictions its placed on Nigerians over the Omicron outbreak as already done by many countries who have earlier banned Nigeria but have since reversed their stands having studied the achievements of Nigeria so far in the fight against the Omicron variant and the Coronavirus pandemic in general.
While commending the cordial relationship that existed for years and continues to exist between the two countries, the Minister expressed optimism for a timely response to Nigeria’s request from Saudi Arabia.
This is as he pledged to continue to give every necessary support and cooperation to the ambassador in the discharge of his responsibility.


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Omicron: Govts May Shut Down Schools; 647m Children Yet To Fully Resume - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 30, 2021
The Bank has said this in a report titled Reversing the pandemic’s education losses, recently released.
In the said report, the bank also said no fewer than 647 million school children are yet to fully resume for either physical or online learning.
It added that school children in developing nations are the hardest hit regarding the negative effects the pandemic has had on education globally.
The Bank called for improved investment in infrastructure to move education to the digital level and commended countries such as Uruguay and India for making giant strides in that direction.

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Omicron Variant: OPEC Says Crude Oil Spot Prices Dropped By $1.74 In November - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 14, 2021
OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for December 2021 which was obtained in Lagos.
According to the report, crude oil futures prices ended November sharply lower amid higher volatility after a broad selloff in futures and equity markets.
It said the Intercontinental Exchange ICE Brent first-month fell by 2.90 dollars, or 3.5 per cent, in November to average 80.85 per barrel.
The report said the New York Mercantile Exchange and West Texas Intermediate declined by 2.57 dollars, or 3.2 per cent, to average 78.65 barrel.
The report said the oil demand was adjusted higher in first half of 2021 better-than-anticipated transportation fuel consumption in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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Omo-Agege Emerges Deputy Senate President, Defeats Ekweremadu By 68 - 39 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 11, 2019
Senator representing Delta Central has surprisingly emerged as Deputy Senate President.
He defeated immediate past Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in a keenly contested election.
Omo-Agege emerged despite the last minute alliances between opposition Peoples Democratic Party and some elements of the ruling party, APC.
Omo-Agege got 68 votes to defeat Ekweremadu with 39 votes.


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On Protecting Lives, Property Of Insecurity: CAN Urges Federal Government Nigerians - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 8, 2020
The Christian Association of Nigeria,CAN has again called on the Federal Government to wake-up to its primaryresponsibility of protecting the lives and property of the people.
CAN President Samson Ayokunle, in astatement said the Body is not doing the bidding of the terrorists by cryingout for the freedom of Nigerians, especially those in the captivity of the BokoHaram terrorists.
He noted that as long as the hostilesituations in the country remained the same, the leadership of the CAN wouldnot keep quiet, urging the government to free all those in terrorists’captivity.
Ayokunle explained that the criminalsare killing, hurting and kidnapping the people with or without any resistancefrom the security agencies.

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Ondo 2020: Three More Gov’ship Aspirants Step Down For Akeredolu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
July 20, 2020
Three more governorship aspirants in the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Ondo State have stepped down for the incumbent governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
Their decision is coming a few hours to the commencement of the election in the state.
They include Dr Olusegun Abraham, Jimi Odimayo and Dr Nathaniel Adojutelegan .
Recall that one of the aspirants, lfe Oyedele had stepped down for Akeredolu Sunday night. The three aspirants said that they took the decision in a bid to move the party forward.
Meanwhile, one of the aspirants, Hon Isaac Kekemeke has said he has totally lost confidence in the process that led to the indirect primaries that will produce the candidate of the party ahead of Governorship poll in October.
Kekemeke said that the committee led by Governor Yahaya Bello was not fair to many of the governorship aspirants.


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Ondo: Black Sunday As Explosion Claims 15 Fuel Scoopers. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 24, 2023
It was gathered that residents of the area had besieged the scene of a crash to scoop petrol from a truck when the incident occurred.
Eyewitnesses recounted that the fuel, which had spilled onto the road, was ignited by a spark emanating from a mobile phone held by one of the individuals involved in the fuel scooping.
The incident occurred along Showboy road, near a filling station in the area.
The spokesperson of the police in the state, Fumilayo Omisanya, confirmed the incident and described the victims as fuel scoopers.


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Ondo: Church Attack Victims Buried - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 17, 2022
On Friday, a funeral mass was held in honour of the victims whose
remains were deposited at the morgue of the Saint Louis Catholic
Hospital in Owo.
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his wife alongside, Olusegun Mimiko,
a former governor of the state, attended the funeral.
40 persons out of the 127 involved in the attack were killed, leaving 61
survivors currently on admission in different hospitals and 26 already
discharged.


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Ondo: Drunk Driver Rams Into Motor Park, Kills Teenager. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 16, 2023
A witness, Olamide Bolade, said the driver of the vehicle, a Toyota Picnic car was allegedly drunk when the accident occurred.
The accident which happened along the ever-busy Odigbo-Ore road sent the foster parents of the teenager and people around the area into mourning.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Ondo, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said the driver of the vehicle had been arrested by the police.
She explained that the incident would have led to a mob action but for the timely intervention of security agents at the scene who ensured the situation did not turn violent.
She added that the remains of the teenager had been deposited at the morgue in Ore.


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Ondo Election: Akeredolu, Jegede, Ajayi, Other Candidates Sign Peace Pact - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
October 7, 2020
They signed the pact on Tuesday in the state capital, Akure, pledging to shun violence during the election and avoid actions that may undermine the peace accord.
The event, facilitated by the National Peace Committee (NPC), had the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmoud Yakubu; and the Inspector-General Of Police, Mohammed Adamu, who was represented by the DIG Of Police, Research and Planning, Oyebade Adeleye, in attendance.
Others in attendance included the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, Executive Director, YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo and traditional rulers from the state.

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Ondo Fire: Over 5000 Card Readers Destroyed, Says INEC - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
September 12, 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said no fewer than 5000 card reader machines were destroyed in a fire that razed down its Akure office in Ondo State on Thursday evening.
This came exactly a month to the October 10 governorship election in the state.
The cause of the inferno was unknown as of the time of filing this report but the fire destroyed some items in the office.
The INEC Commissioner in charge of Information and Voters Education, Festus Okoye, who spoke with journalists at the scene of the incident disclosed that the fire affected the Information and Communication Technology section of the commission, saying over 5100 card readers had been burnt in the inferno.
He explained that about 1000 card readers delivered to INEC from Osun State were also burnt in the fire while over 4000 card readers belonging to INEC in the state were also burnt.
He said though the incident was a setback but it will not affect the governorship election.

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Ondo Guber: INEC Rejects APC’s Primary Election Notice - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
June 24, 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC says  the All Progressives Congress, APC may not participate in the October governorship election in Ondo State, based on its decision on irregularities in the APC notice to the Commission about the postponement of the party’s state primaries.
The Commission’s Secretary Rose Oriaran-Anthony in a letter entitled “Re: Notice of conduct of primaries” addressed to the APC National Chairman, INEC observed that only the Acting National Secretary of the APC signed the letter notifying the Commission of primaries in Ondo State.
She added this was contrary to the INEC’s guidelines and regulations on the conduct of primary elections, saying it required that such notices shall be jointly signed by the national chairman and national secretary of a political party.
The letter also advised party to issue an appropriate notice for the conduct of its Ondo State governorship primary election in line with relevant provisions of the regulations and guidelines for the conduct of party’s primaries.

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Ondo: Medical Doctors Suspend Strike After Assembly’s Intervention - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 2, 2021
At a parley with lawmakers at the Ondo State House of Assembly on
Wednesday, in Akure, the medical practitioners called on the state
government to honour the terms of the agreement reached with them,
especially payment of their outstanding salaries, in line with their
colleagues in the civil service.
NMA State Chairman, Dr Stella Adegbehingbe thanked the lawmakers
and other stakeholders for their intervention, but called for the prompt
payment of their outstanding salaries, to act as a stimulant to members
who have been out of work for some time.
Speaking earlier, Chairman, House Committee on Health, Dr Abiodun
Faleye, and other lawmakers, pledged to reach out to necessary
stakeholders with a view to ironing out grey areas and stemming
incessant industrial disputes in the state’s health sector.

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Ondo: Navy Parades Suspects With Drums Of Adulterated Fuel - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 19, 2019
The Nigerian Navy has paraded nine suspected illegalpetroleum dealers arrested during their operation on the Igbokoda coastal-linein the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo state.
The suspects were arrested with 92 drums of illegally-refined and adulterated Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, which were presented as exhibits.
Read: Navy Recovers 3,181 Jerry Cans Of Stolen Petrol Worth N11million
The Commanding Officer, Nigerian Navy Forward Operation Base, Igbokoda, Navy Captain Danjuma Ndanusa, who paraded the suspects, reiterated the Navy’s commitment to stem illegal business transactions on waterways across the country.
Read: Navy Seizes Adulterated Diesel
According to him, the activities of the Nigeria Navy, asenshrined in the law, is to make sure that the nation’s maritime domain is freeof illegalities such as illegal oil bunkering, piracy and sea robbery.
While handing over the suspects to the Nigeria Security andCivil Defence Corps for onward prosecution, he urged governments at all levelsto provide jobs for the youth to stem criminal activities.


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Ondo: Police Arrest Three Hospital Workers Over Baby’s Missing Placenta. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 22, 2023
The father of the baby, Tunde Ijanusi, who expressed shock at the inability of the hospital staff to produce his baby’s placenta, wondered why they could be so careless with their job.
The paternal grandmother of the baby, Funmilayo Ijanusi, revealed that the health workers said a dog came into the premises and took away the baby’s placenta.
According to the spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the three persons were arrested after the 23-year-old father of the newborn baby made a complaint about the incident at Emure-Ile Police Division H.
Odunlami-Omisanya noted that a 19-year-old nursing mother gave birth to a baby girl on June 15 at the health centre and when the father of the baby asked for the placenta, the nurse and her assistant could not produce it.
She said the two health workers and the security guard on duty had been invited by the police and the case is under investigation at the Emure-Ile Division.


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Ondo Polls: NPC Holds Peace Accord Ceremony Ahead Of Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 6, 2020

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One-Day Official Visit: Buhari Arrives Maiduguri Amidst Multiple Explosions - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 23, 2021
There were initial doubts that the President would not go ahead with trip,
as three explosions rocked the city just a few hours before the his arrival.
But the President caried on with his schedule as planned, which began
with the commissioning of an edifice at the University of Maiduguri.
Afterward, he proceeded to commission some projects executed by the
Borno State Government including a 10km dual carriageway, a flyover,
and a mega secondary school.
Meanwhile, the explosions which some feared might have made the
president cancel his Maiduguri trip, claimed the lives of at least four
persons, with eight other individuals said to have sustained various
degrees of injuries.
Three different locations experienced blasts but while casualties were
reported in Ayaje and Bulumkutu, there were no concrete reports from
Ajilari.
Official statements regarding the development are expected within the
hour.

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One-Day Working Visit: President Buhari Arrives Sokoto State For COAS Conference - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 5, 2022
The President was received by the Governor of the State, Aminu Tambuwal.
He then proceeded to the palace of the Sultan of Sokoto to pay homage on his Eminence, Abubakar Sa’ad the third.
He served as the Special Guest of Honour at the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference, which he declared open.
Participants at the conference include senior officers of the Nigerian Army.
The conference is expected to provide ample opportunity for the Officers to review their strategies and come up with new innovations in the war against terrorism and other security challenges.
President Buhari has returned to Abuja.

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One Third Of Public School Teachers Lack Qualification – Osinbajo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
July 7, 2019
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said one third of theteaching staff in public schools lack the right qualifications, while privateschools are not particularly doing better.
He linked this anomaly to the poor delivery of basiceducation in the country, advocating a total reform.
Osinbajo, who spoke at a symposium to mark the40thanniversary of the 1979 Economics class of Obafemi Awolowo University, inLagos, said there is urgent need to reform the education sector at the basiclevel, adding that when there are better-trained teachers, the education sectorwould fair better.
Osinbajo noted that to address the situation, the Nigeria Certificate in Education NCE would be revamped to raise the caliber of new teachers.
Read Related News: 30,000 Candidates Sit For Teachers PQE Nationwide
He also added that there would be continuousprofessional development for teachers, while teacher training at the NCE levelwould be linked to the revised curriculum.


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Ongoing Projects to Be Delivered by May - Nyesom Wike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 2, 2024
On Saturday in Abuja, the Minister conducted a routine inspection visit to various ongoing infrastructure project sites within the city. Some of the sites included, Construction of the Southern Parkway S8/S9, This project spans from the Christian Centre to Ring Road I (RRI). Construction of the Vice President’s official residence. Completion of Road B6 and B12. Circle Road in the central area of the city.
In his address Barr Wike stressed that, “I want to say I speak for Abuja and I’m happy with the support Mr. President is giving. The contractors can say that funding is not a problem. I have always asked, just like I asked CGC here, that I hope funding is not a problem and they said it’s not a problem”,
He further said, “I promised before that we will not allow projects to be abandoned. Where we don’t have funds, we don’t need to award contracts. It doesn’t matter the pressure that may come”.
After assessing the project sites, the FCT Minister expressed satisfaction with the quality of work. Furthermore, the contractors also reaffirmed their commitment to ensuring the timely completion of these projects by May.